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LONDON (AP): AstraZeneca’s repeated missteps in reporting vaccine data coupled with a blood clot scare could do lasting damage to the credibility of a shot that is the linchpin in the global strategy to stop the coronavirus pandemic, potentially...

BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union, Britain, Canada, and the United States on Monday launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang region, provoking swift retaliation from Beijing. The...

WASHINGTON (AP): AstraZeneca reported Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among adults of all ages in a long-anticipated US study, a finding that could help rebuild public confidence in the shot around the world and move it...

Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show that “our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive” as people think. Francis tweeted on racism on the date that the...

Despite the clamour to speed up the US vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the roll-out suggest faster is not necessarily better. A surprising new analysis found that states such as South...

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has again condemned reports of attacks – physical, virtual and otherwise – on members of the media and media houses. In a statement late Friday, the association noted that the most recent attack...